Originally posted by SilentEchoesSo, Defiant Did you deliberately put spelling errors in there so people could not run that through a translator or has "Wie geht's" changed spelling since I learned German?

SilentEchoes: They're writing in Swiss German (or trying, since Swiss German is spoken, but not officially written), which is a dialect (many different ones, actually) very similar to some German spoken in Germany about 500 years ago. Primitive Swiss mountain folk!

Escher

"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.

It's kind of funny to have another "test" thread started by The Installer. And didn't Defiant offer to send Swiss chocolate in one of them? I already ate through the cache of chocolate I brought home over the holidays. I'm ready for a fresh delivery.

Cheers,
Escher

"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.

Originally posted by The InstallerHave been/am busy in Photography forums. To much to do, too little time to do it all.

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly you do for a living, T.I. If you're in the Canton of Wallis (in the Oberland maybe?) for photography camp, you really need to update your .Mac photo gallery. Those are the first pictures you shot with your new G3. (Or was it even a G2?) I'm sure you've progressed since then.

Alright, I've said enough. Au dodo maintenant. Sweet dreams.

Escher

"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.

It's kind of funny to have another "test" thread started by The Installer. And didn't Defiant offer to send Swiss chocolate in one of them? I already ate through the cache of chocolate I brought home over the holidays. I'm ready for a fresh delivery.

Cheers,
Escher

Speaking of the color of Defiant's chocolate : i am still waiting them ...

Originally posted by EscherI'm still trying to figure out what exactly you do for a living, T.I. If you're in the Canton of Wallis (in the Oberland maybe?) for photography camp, you really need to update your .Mac photo gallery. Those are the first pictures you shot with your new G3. (Or was it even a G2?) I'm sure you've progressed since then.

Originally posted by The InstallerFilm, Schmilm... Nah, film, for all intents and purposes, is (almost) dead.

The Installer: How your opinion has changed in less than two years! Of course, digital photography has changed quite a bit as well.

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Ni... 1... = Nikon D100. Powerdoc knows (everything)

Bien sûr quePowerdoc knows everything. He's a doctor and he's a Frenchman. (Note for the PC police: I am a Frenchman too, so don't give me no shit. )

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BTW the general consensus is that the D70 will rock/is rocking already.

Right now the D70 does look much more attractive than the Digital Rebel/EOS 300D. Everybody thought that the Digital Rebel would kill Nikon in the low-end DSLR market. But sometimes it obviously pays to take more time and bring a better product to market. Canon's had me in the bag in the digital arena, but Nikon's D70 has turned my bias upside down.

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Pentax, Schmentax... nah...

Maybe, maybe... I'm just an amateur who wants to take good pictures. I have no intention of making a living off photography. As I said before, my Pentax cameras have always been models of simplicity. Admittedly, they were all manual film SLR. I've never owned (or even really used) an autofocus SLR of any kind. That's why the move to my digital P&S was especially hard. Moving from manual focus to slow autofocus was torture.

Escher

"The only laptop computer that's useful is the one you have with you."Until we get a 3 lbs sub-PowerBook, the 12-inch PowerBook will do.

He's a doctor and he's a Frenchman.
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A deadly combination, if you ask me

Note for the PC police: I am a Frenchman too....
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Sorry to hear that I never knew

Everybody thought that the Digital Rebel would kill Nikon in the low-end DSLR market. But sometimes it obviously pays to take more time and bring a better product to market.
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Good to see Nikon getting something right for a change.

I've never owned (or even really used) an autofocus SLR of any kind. That's why the move to my digital P&S was especially hard. Moving from manual focus to slow autofocus was torture.
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Luckily, autofocus is "quite" fast these days. And talking about digital, apart from anything else, it's so cheap: no more spending money on film

Darn, just missed a Nikon watch on eBay but managed to get a Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8 for a good price.